They've tried a lot of things to mess with our ability to use the Internet as we do now. Most recently, the US government has taken to shutting down torrent sites. They shut down 76 sites in the week after passing a bill to give them that power. Of course, it won't end there. Links: www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/tech-mainmenu-30/computers/2945-af-drivers-license-for-internet-users citypaper.net/articles/2010/08/19/blogging-business-privilege-tax-philadelphia www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/06/crtc-usage-based-billing-internet.html www.itnews.com.au/News/217416,inquiry-calls-for-cyber-czar-compulsory-anti-virus.aspx news.techworld.com/security/3228198/obama-internet-kill-switch-plan-approved-by-us-senate-panel/ www.itp.net/579523-fbi-cyber-terrorism-threat-is-rapidly-expanding www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/SciTech/20101008/stuxnet-virus-101010/ www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2010/09/26/bush-counter-terror-official-on-stuxnet-israel-likely-did-it/ nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/11/department_of_homeland_securit.html www.naturalnews.com/030542_censorship_internet.html www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/internet-censorship-pushed-congress/ www.wikileaks.org/ cablegate.wikileaks.org/classification/3_0.html www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/11/28/2010-11-28_wikileaks_weve_been_hit_with_mass_distributed_denial_of_service_attack.html